State sends out packets for lawmakers to try to override marijuana revenue bill veto
More than 10 months after Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed a popular bill to redistribute Montana’s marijuana revenue, kicking off months of litigation surrounding the veto and legislative process, the poll in which lawmakers will be able to override the veto is headed toward their mailboxes.
A packet containing the override poll and a cover letter from Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen was delivered Tuesday afternoon to the state’s print and mail services, according to Secretary of State’s Office spokesperson Richie Melby, who provided a copy of the cover letter.
In the letter, Jacobsen outlines the contention surrounding the poll, which the Executive Branch and some Republican lawmakers have gone to lengths to stop, claiming constitutional issues surrounding what constitutes the Legislature being “in session” and how the veto process works need to be resolved first.
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